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Jasmine Paolini v Elise Mertens: stats compared | Lineball
Mertens wins on titles. Paolini’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Paolini 346 matches, Mertens 551 matches.
Mertens has 10 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Paolini’s 3 titles (one every 50 matches).
Mertens averages 3.5 aces a match to Paolini’s 1.1 — 3.1 times as many.
Paolini averages 2 double faults a match to Mertens’ 4.5.
Winners’ edge: Mertens’s team won 61%, Paolini’s team won 55% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Mertens has 551 matches across 11 seasons, Paolini 346 in 10 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.03 total · best 1Titlesper game0.010 total · best 1
67.2First serve in %59.0
60.4First-serve points won %67.0
55.5Break points saved %56.2
44.4Return points won %45.6
1.1393 total · best 8Acesper game3.51,950 total · best 14
Head to head
27 matches since 20185
Clay · 3 matchesPaolini 0Mertens 3
Hard · 3 matchesPaolini 1Mertens 2
Grass · 1 matchPaolini 1Mertens 0
Finals · 1 matchPaolini 0Mertens 1
Last meetings
5 May 2026 · Rome · Round of 32 · ClayMertens won 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3
24 June 2024 · Eastbourne · Round of 16 · GrassPaolini won 5-2
16 Oct 2023 · Monastir · Final · HardMertens won 6-3 6-0
21 Feb 2022 · Doha · Round of 64 · HardMertens won 6-3 2-6 7-5
6 Oct 2021 · Indian Wells · Round of 64 · HardPaolini won 3-6 6-4 6-4
10 Aug 2020 · Prague · Round of 32 · ClayMertens won 7-5 4-6 6-3
21 Apr 2018 · Fed Cup WG R1: BEL vs ITA · Round robin · ClayMertens won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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11.03,793 total · best 19
Games wonper game
11.56,319 total · best 21
47.3Break points converted %46.8
52.5Sets won %59.0
50.7Games won %54.1
0.09 total · best 1Finalsper game0.017 total · best 1
1.2420 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.4746 total · best 2
1.1380 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.9518 total · best 2
10.73,686 total · best 18Games lostper game · lower is better9.75,369 total · best 23
0.272 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2123 total · best 3
2692 total · best 7Double faultsper game · lower is better4.52,499 total · best 19
